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Who is Mike Maloney? The founder and owner of GoldSilver.com is a best-selling author, speaker, and advocate for investing in precious metals. In this article, we'll dive into his background, bio, his popular video series "The Hidden Secrets of Money," and more. Let's get started.
Who is Mike Maloney?
Mike Maloney has been an entrepreneur all his life, having started multiple small businesses over the years. In his early twenties, Mike Maloney had launched a sales firm called "Mike Maloney and Associates."
He later manufactured high-end audio equipment. The luxury audio business was a success. Maloney won awards for some of his work in the industry, and in 1998 Maloney launched The Home Entertainment (THE) Show. THE Show is today, still a successful trade show for audiophiles and vendors in the luxury audio niche.
It was in the early 1990s that Mike Maloney really started paying attention to the financial markets. He watched his home lose 60% of its value when real estate took a hit, and in 2000 he witnessed his family's fortune dwindle in the hands of their family's financial advisor.
It was in 2000 that Mike Maloney took over control of his family's estate and began looking into the world of investing. He devoured everything he could get his hands on that had to do with finance. He studied the stock market, monetary policy, global economics, and more. It became his life.
The more Mike Maloney learned, the more he was driven towards precious metals. By 2002, he started buying gold at every opportunity he could, as he felt the yellow metal was undervalued. Maloney eventually decided to put 100% of his family's money into precious metals.
Mike Maloney - Rich Dad Advisor
In 2004, Mike Maloney met Robert Kiyosaki, author of the best-selling personal finance book of all time "Rich Dad Poor Dad." Kiyosaki believed that Maloney had a powerful message that needed to be shared with investors everywhere.
This was the beginning of a business relationship with the Rich Dad brand. Maloney began speaking at Kiyosaki's seminars, sharing his opinions on monetary policy, investing, and the history of money.
In 2005, Mike Maloney launched GoldSilver.com and began writing his book. Precious metals was his passion that pivoted into a successful business. Below is an old video of Mike Maloney teaching alongside Robert Kiyosaki.
Mike Maloney - Best-Selling Author
In 2008, Mike Maloney released his book "Guide to Investing in Gold & Silver." With the strength of Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad brand behind him, he book was quickly a hit.
The book was updated in 2015, and although Maloney is no longer a Rich Dad advisor, the investor guide still contains Robert Kiyosaki's forward at the front of the book.
GoldSilver.Com - Youtube Channel
Mike Maloney is excellent at taking complicated topics and explaining them in ways that the average person can understand. In addition to the articles and blog content on Maloney's website, he's had much success as a Youtube publisher.
At the time of this writing, Maloney's GoldSilver Youtube channel has 658,000+ subscribers. His series "Hidden Secrets of Money" have earned millions of views since beginning the conversation in 2013.
Episode 1 (below) of the Hidden Secrets of Money explains the difference between money and currency. This video alone has more than 5 million views and 6,000+ comments from engaged viewers.
Mike Maloney is (in my opinion) one of the biggest influencers in the gold industry today as far as his publishing efforts in creating educational and entertaining (edutaining?) content on the web.
It is my opinion that everyone should watch his 10-part series on the Hidden Secrets of Money. It's eye-opening and really makes you wonder how the government plans to save the dollar from eventual demise.
In recent years, other gold and silver firms are beginning to publish on youtube and the web. For example, Augusta Precious Metals has been publishing new educational content for most of the last year.
The company's head of education, Devlyn Steele has published new videos discussing the economy, central banks, deficit spending, and other related topics.
Related: How to Diversify Your Retirement with Gold & Silver
GoldSilver.com - and How to Connect with Mike Maloney
You can of course, find most of Mike Maloney's newest content on his company's website GoldSilver.com.
Outside of his website and Youtube, the precious metals expert is also active on twitter and facebook. You can pick up his best-selling book at most brick and mortar book stores (the few that are left) and on Amazon.com.
